''Wild West Days'' (1937) is a

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based on a

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novel by

W. R. Burnett William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 April 25, 1982) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel ''Little Caesar'', the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster ...

. Directed by

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and Clifford Smith and starring

Johnny Mack Brown John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films. Early life Born and raise ...

, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert,

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, Russell Simpson, and Walter Miller, it was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with

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), and was the first of three serials Brown made for the studio before being promoted to his own B-western series in 1939.

Premise

Larry and Lucy Munro own a hidden gold mine. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler wants the mine for himself and has Larry framed for to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast

as Kentucky Wade (as John Mack Brown) * George Shelley as Dude Hanford * Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro *

as Mike Morales *

as Trigger Benton (as Robert Kortman) * Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler * Walter Miller as Doc Hardy * Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank * Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro (as Frank McGlynn) *

Francis McDonald Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. Early years Born on August 22, 1891, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, McDonald was the son of John Francis McDonald and Catherine Ashlu ...

as Assayer Purvis *

Al Bridge Alfred Morton Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy mous ...

as Steve Claggett *

Chief Thunderbird Richard Davis Thunderbird (August 6, 1866 – April 6, 1946) was a Native American actor of Cheyenne descent known as Chief Thunderbird. He appeared in twenty films but was credited only in major films such as '' Wild West Days'' (1937), ''Fo ...

as Chief Red Hatchet * Robert McClung as Mouth Organ Kid hs. 8-11*

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Sa ...

as Sheriff (as Ed LeSaint) * Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence * Jack Rube Clifford as Corey (as Jack Clifford) * William Royle as Braden * Bruce Mitchell as Rancher Tobe Driscoll *

Miki Morita Mitsugi "Miki" Morita (sometimes credited as Mike Morita) was a Japanese character actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through around 1940. He had worked as a stage actor before beginning his career onscreen. Partial filmography *''Sou ...

as Chan, 2nd Cook hs. 7, 9, 11-12

Production

This serial was based on the novel "Saint Johnson" by William R. Burnett. However, the main character in the serial is a frontiersman called Kentucky Wade instead of Wayt Johnson as in the novel.

Chapter titles

# Death Rides the Range boobs # The Redskins' Revenge # The Brink of Doom # The Indians Are Coming # The Leap for Life # Death Stalks the Plains # Six Gun Law # The Gold Stampede # Walls of Fire # The Circle of Doom # The Thundering Herd # Rustlers and Redskins # The Rustlers' Roundup _Source:

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